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Mt SAC Invitational - October 23 & 24
Mount San Antonio College - Walnut, CA
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The 78th annual Mt SAC Invitational high school edition will be competed over two days with 40 varsity races and 87 races total. We preview the sweepstake races for both days.
Friday
The girl’s individual sweepstakes features a number of outstanding athletes. Jenna Murray of Moorpark has run 17:52 a few weeks ago at the Clovis Invitational and 16:40 at the Woodbridge Classic. Harper Diaz of Santana travels from the San Diego section with times of 16:31 at Woodbridge and won the Mt Carmel Invitational in 18:06. Sofia Joh of Campbell Hall ran 16:48 at Woodbridge and finished fourth at the Central Park Invitational in 17:26. Quinn Turner of Mission Viejo ran 17:00 at Woodbridge and then ran 17:41 for a fifth place finish in the championship race. Amelia Sarkisian of Brentwood has victories at the Scary Dairy and Bellarmine-Sacred Heart Invitationals. She also ran 16:53 at Woodbridge. Harvard-Westlake has a pair of runners, Jia Rhee and Elle Kirman, who ran 18:08 and 18:16 two weeks ago at Clovis.
Farah Allen of Branson enters the team sweepstakes with one of the most impressive 2026 cross country credentials from Friday’s entries. Farah ran 16:20 at Woodbridge and then 17:15 at Clovis. Grace Keefe of Cathedral Catholic will be challenging Farah thanks to her 16:32 time at Woodbridge and a pair of victories at CCA Ravens and New Balance San Diego River Park Invitationals. Isabel Gladden of Sage Creek will lead a strong team into the team sweepstakes. Isabel ran 17:31 at the Rose City Championship in Portland and ran 17:09 at Woodbridge. Teammate Chloe Barrett has run 17:03 at Woodbridge and finished 8th at Cool Breeze. Lindsey Billotte of Classical Academy has run 17:27 on the Woodward Park course and finished third last year at the D4 State Meet. Sophia Haslofer of La Costa Canyon ran at Newport of Washington last year and is making an impression in California with her 18:23 time at Clovis two weeks ago. Isla Terrill of Monrovia is coming off an outstanding track season last spring with 2:09/4:47 efforts. Sage Creek, Cathedral Catholic and Branson are some of the top schools in the Friday team sweepstakes.
The boy’s individual sweepstakes looks to be a battle between Teal Greene of Pacifica Christian and Elijah Medina of East Valley Redlands. Teal ran 14:18 at Woodbridge and finished second at the Rosemead Invitational. He took a fall at the Clovis Invitational and is ready to make a statement at Mt SAC. Elijah ran 14:09 at Woodbridge and impressed with his win at the Cool Breeze Invitational. Matthew Barrientos of Servite won the D4 race at Clovis two weeks ago in a time of 15:33. Luca Persichetti of International School of Los Angeles has impressive times in 2026 of 15:24 at Clovis and 14:34 at Woodbridge.
Michael Scarince of South Pasadena hopes to continue his winning ways at Mt SAC after winning Friday’s championship race at Clovis in warm conditions in a time of 15:01. Sage Creek has a pair of runners who will be ready for the hills of Mt SAC. Grant Beasley ran 14:38 at the Rose City Championship and 14:17 at Woodbridge. Freshman Samuel Radke ran 15:04 at Rose City and 14:16 at Woodbridge. Viggo Bortolin of Foothill Technology will add to the stacked field with his 15:07 at Clovis and 14:15 at
Woodbridge. Lucas Nulman of Palos Verdes recently won the D division of the Manhattan Invitational and ran 14:19 at Woodbridge. Cody Wheeler of West Torrance leads a strong team and ran 14:27 at Woodbridge and finished sixth at the Great Cow Run. South Torrance has the duo of Aidan Miller and Cole Johnson who ran 2-3 at Cool Breeze and 14:27 and 14:31 at Woodbridge. Sage Creek, Foothill Technology and West Torrance are among the top teams on Friday.
Saturday
Isabella Ruiz of Ontario is the top runner in the individual sweepstakes based on her fantastic results at Clovis finishing second in the championship race in a time of 16:55. Brielle Boyce of Canyon (Anaheim) is a freshman who races like a veteran and ran 17:07 last weekend at the Orange County Championships. Fernanda Cortes of Golden Valley of Merced won the rated race at Woodbridge in 16:39 and ran 17:23 at the Clovis Invitational. Belen Gonzalez of Oak Hills is undefeated so far this season and won last week’s varsity race at the Inland Empire Challenge in 16:55. Addyson Johns of Santiago (Corona) is not racing this weekend so look for freshman Avery Landi to take the mantle of number one runner for the Sharks. Avery ran 16:42 at Woodbridge and 18:15 at Clovis. Isabella Vazquez of El Diamante won the D3 race last year at Mt SAC and ran 17:54 at Clovis two weeks ago. Riley Biddle of Rancho Bernardo ran a quick 16:26 at Woodbridge and won the SoCal Invite.
Sabina Cruz of Westlake won the team sweepstakes last year and set a freshman course record. Sabina’s sister Anais will be another one to watch in the team sweepstakes. Olivia Corrigan of Saugus won the D2 race two weeks ago at Clovis with an impressive time of 17:55. Olivia Joseph of Northgate in Walnut Creek won the Rough Rider Invitational last week in 17:55 in what was a hot afternoon in Fresno. Emma Alba of Beckman ran 17:45 at Clovis which will make the team sweeps competitive. Madison Bussey of leads a strong Great Oak team thanks to her 17:59 time at Clovis. Maya Hoxie of La Serna ran 18:00 at Clovis two weeks ago and will help make for a fast race on Saturday. Westlake, Beckman, Great Oak, Northgate and Torrey Pines are among the team challengers on Saturday.
In the boy’s individual sweepstakes, William Thompson of La Serna has come out of nowhere this fall with his 14:07 Woodbridge time and 14:46 Clovis time. He may be the favorite on Saturday. William’s teammate Thomas Barrera will also be in the race and ran 15:09 at Clovis a few weeks ago. Ayala also has a dynamic duo with Jake Paz winning the D1 race at Clovis in 14:59 and Bryson Caganap running 15:04 in the championship race at Clovis. Kingsley Lin of Santa Monica ran 15:16 last year on the Mt SAC course and ran 14:14 at Woodbridge in September. Ayden Ramirez of Cajon ran 14:16 at Woodbridge and will be in the lead pack. Albert Jacinto of Chaffey is another person to consider and ran 14:50 at Mt SAC last year.
The favorite individual in Saturday’s team sweepstakes is Yohanes van Meerton of Flagstaff who set the course record at Mt SAC in 14:10. Yohanes continued his outstanding 2025 season by finishing second at NXN and fourth at Brooks XC. Jaxon Northcutt of Mt Carmel was the fastest California finisher at Woodbridge with his 13:42 time. Redondo Union has a one-two punch of Mario Montoya and Matteo Sanchez who have both run under fifteen minutes at Woodward Park. San Clemente also has a pair of low sticks with Yohan Anderson and Mattheus Dos Santos. Yohan ran 15:04 and Mattheus ran 15:14 two weeks ago at Woodward Park. Another team with pair of runners to watch is Trabuco Hills. Dresden Taylor ran 14:59 and Lucan Clemons ran 15:01 at Clovis two weeks ago. Joaquim Sandoval of Warren ran 15:13 last year at the Mt SAC Invitational and ran 14:21 at Woodbridge. Jacob Franco ran 14:27 at Woodbridge and finished third at the Central Park Invitational in a time of 14:52. The list of teams that can win the sweepstakes is deep with Redondo Union, Trabuco Hills, Beckman, San Clemente, Liberty of Bakersfield, Claremont and Crescenta Valley all contenders.
Look for photo galleries of the varsity races after the meet!
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